Are you sitting comfortably?

May 26, 2009 · Posted in Book Chapters, Computers and Humour, Education, Hazards to Health, Microholics - The Book · Comment

Today we take another look at the section Hazards to Health from Microholics, and discover this rather painful ailment:

MEMORHOIDS

cartoon of man with piles at computer

Memorhoids are caused by using a computer with too little memory, and which thus cannot handle sophisticated file-handling functions.

The PASSING OF DATA between the central processing unit and peripheral devices is inhibited, causing a BINARY PILE-UP of digits waiting to be transmitted. The operator who foolishly sits for hours awaiting completion of data transfer will be extremely prone to memorhoids.

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